dissemble
41disassemble — , dissemble The first means to take apart; the second means to conceal …
42dissembler — dissemble ► VERB ▪ hide or disguise one s true motives or feelings. DERIVATIVES dissembler noun. ORIGIN Latin dissimulare disguise, conceal …
43Conceal — Con*ceal (k[o^]n*s[=e]l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concealed} (k[o^]n*s[=e]ld ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Concealing}.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See {Hell}, {Helmet}.] To… …
44Concealed — Conceal Con*ceal (k[o^]n*s[=e]l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concealed} (k[o^]n*s[=e]ld ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Concealing}.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See {Hell},… …
45Concealing — Conceal Con*ceal (k[o^]n*s[=e]l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concealed} (k[o^]n*s[=e]ld ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Concealing}.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See {Hell},… …
46pretend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sham, feign, dissemble, simulate; counterfeit, lie, fake; claim, aver. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To feign] Syn. feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate,… …
47List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… …
48dissembler — ⇒DISSEMBLER, verbe trans. Rare. Dissembler (de). Différencier (de) : • ... confirmée dans la rareté de son caractère, elle reçoit une louange des disparates qu elle se découvre et sa supériorité s augmente de tout ce qui la dissemble des autres.… …
49disguise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. camouflage, makeup, dissimulation, concealment, mask. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mask, camouflage, deceptive covering, makeup, faking, front, false front, deception, screen, smoke screen, blind,… …
50dissimulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. disguise, feign; dissemble. See falsehood. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. hide, conceal. see dissemble III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To change or modify so as to prevent recognition of the true… …
